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Sniper TimeMuch has been made of NBPDs presence on the rooftops near Gruene Harley-Davidson two Saturdays back, during the memorial for Jesus Delgado Mohawk Rodriguez.
While we can understand why it may have made more than a few folks uneasy, and while its the source of continued debate here in the newsroom, its my opinion that this soon after Waco, after a shootout thats being reported as being caused by an argument over a patch, involving a club that, according to most press accounts, wasnt invited to the Waco event, that its not too big a jump to suspect that an uninvitee might cause a patch ruckus again, this time in our fair city. If police hadnt been on those rooftops, and there was another patch argument resulting in gunfire, yall would have
rightfully been screaming about the PDs lack of foresight.
By all accounts Mohawk was a great guy, and absolutely loved in the community. He wasnt a criminal. But
nobody can control who shows up to a memorial.
Nick Rogers has more on this story in his Due Process column on page 4. Im taking the rest of this page off this week. Weathers nice.
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SCOTUS Impact on Carter CaseDespite some similarities between the Justin Carter case and a recent Supreme Court ruling, the High Court decision thus far has little bearing on the Carter trial because prosecutors are attempting to meet the burden set down by the Supreme Court.
Carter was charged with making a terroristic threat via Facebook, posting Im fucked up in the head alright, I think Ima SHOOT UP A FUCKING KINDERGARTEN. AND WATCH THE BLOOD RAIN DOWN . . . AND EAT THE BEATING HEART OF ONE OF THEM.
Defense attorneys argue that Carters comments were hyperbole and were an attempt at satire.
Similarly, Anthony Douglas Elonis posted what he argued were rap lyrics that communicated violent attacks on his estranged wife, co-workers, law enforcement and, like Carter, a kindergarten.
In the Elonis case, the district trial judge had instructed the jury that the only burden for guilt would be if they found that a reasonable person would interpret Elonis comments as a threat. The Supreme Court, however, said that prosecutors need to prove that the defendant intended to communicate a true threat.
Prosecutors in the Carter case have been arguing that the New Braunfels mans comments constituted a true threat. Particularly, they argue that in its historical context, the Applicants statements were made and should be considered in the context of their surrounding circumstances. In the wake of numerous violent school atrocities, Applicants threats to attack a kindergarten were calculated to create fear of violence in the recipients of his message. Accordingly, Applicants statements were true threats.
In support of their contention, prosecutors point to the Supreme Court ruling in Virginia vs. Black. In that decision, the Court ruled that Virginia could ban cross burning because that act historically precipitated violent acts.
True threats encompass those statements where the speaker means to communicate a serious expression of an intent to commit an act of unlawful violence to a particular individual or group of individuals, the
Supreme Court ruled in Black. The speaker need not actually intend to carry out the threat. Rather, a prohibition on true threats protect[s] individuals from the fear of violence and from the disruption that fear engenders, in addition to protecting people from the possibility that the threatened violence will occur.
In light of the Elonis decision, the jury will have to consider whether Carter intended to communicate a true threat to a kindergarten.
Difficulty Getting Answers from PoliceSoon after father Trevor Snowden posted on the Web the Focus Room Horror, a highly-critical commentary of the treatment his son received at Carl Schurz Elementary School, New Braunfels ISD announced that it has received a threat to the school. NBISD sent out a notice to parents notifying them of the threat and that there would be a law enforcement presence on the Carl Schurz campus.
Then, in a May 19 post on NBISDs website, Superintendent Randy Moczygemba wrote:
The New Braunfels Police Department was able to identify and locate the person responsible for making a threat towards Carl Schurz Elementary School. Their investigation determined that this individual lives in the state of Washington. The New Braunfels Police Department is working with law enforcement officials in Washington to make sure appropriate actions are taken in this matter.
Several emails from the TX Citizen to the New Braunfels Police Department, including Police Chief Tom Wibert, concerning the matter have gone unanswered. The TX Citizen wishes to know whether there has been an arrest in the case and what the nature of the threat entailed. While we understand that law enforcement cannot answer questions that would compromise an investigation, the TX Citizens questions concerned information that had been publicly dispensed by Moczygemba.
This leads us entertain the possibility that, for whatever reason, the threat may have been overblown.
If this presumption is not accurate, our invitation to NBPD for comment remains open.
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Campbell Goes FeralMuch to the ire of her Texas Senate colleagues, Sen. Donna Campbell locked herself in the State Capitol building, where it is believed she is filing and passing a slew of legislation.
As negotiations to convince the Senator to voluntarily leave the Capitol building stretched into a third day, SWAT teams were deployed around the parameter to remove Campbell by force, if necessary.
She is believed to be heavily armed and extremely dangerous.
Exactly what Campbell is doing inside the building is not entirely known, but sources close to the negotiations said they believe she is writing legislation.
Some reporters near the scene said they could hear Campbell screaming to negotiators, You dont understand! They want to make me marry a woman! Its part of their agenda!
Most involved in the negotiations believe the Senator was referring to homosexuals, who frighten her.
Rumors have swirled around the Capitol that Campbell was recently forced to leave an Austin grocery store after she demanded another woman in the checkout line to stop thinking of me being naked.
Campbell has garnered national attention recently for a number of strange and questionable offerings, including:
- A bill that would force zoo animals to wear blindfolds so they wont be able make eye contact with Campbell.
- A measure that would allow Texans to run for office in other nations and U.S. states.
- An education bill that would force schools to teach students that Earth was created Monday of last week; Tuesday, at the latest.
- A measure that could designate Mexican food the Official Food of Texas. The bill also mandates that Mexican dishes must have English names.
- A demand that customers to any coffee shop she visits stand outside until she is finished.
While Campbells Texas Senate district includes Comal County, she actually resides very, very far away.
Comal Health ReportComal County health officials were scratching their heads this week over a range of bizarre and unheard of diseases that have struck the area recently.
The Health Department reported at least 27 cases since February of Basquetosis, in which the infected individual inexplicably begins to speak fluently in Basque, feels an insatiable urge to herd sheep and makes very vocal demands for an end to Spaniard control.
The best we can ascertain, is that the disease is spread from licking people of Basque descent, on health official said. Which means there are people out there running around, licking Basques. I dont know why.
Another disease, Blaineoccocus, gives people magical powers. While many might think magical abilities are desirable, those powers only extend to card tricks.
Blaineoccocus has infected hundreds thus far this year, leaving the New Braunfels downtown area teeming with infected people who are accosting visitors to pick a card. The disease is highly infectious and spread through touching cards. There is no cure.
One of the biggest and growing concerns for health officials is the reappearance of Mad Opa/Oma Disease, or MOD. Related to rabies, MOD takes hold of the speech part of the brain and forces the infected person to slip into raving diatribes about minorities, young people and technology.
MOD is spread through the bite from an infected person. An early warning sign that someone may have MOD is the sudden appearance of deep-set scowl lines. This is followed by the person blurting out such phrases as Going to hell in a hand basket, In my day and Those damn... These phrases are often followed by a racial, religious, age or political epithet.
The situation is bad and spreading, the health official said. The best way to avoid being bitten is to get the infected person talking about their feet or bowels. Then, while theyre distracted, run away.
Also, according the latest statistics, the number of cases of Chlamydia in Comal County has grown to more that 600,000 thus far in 2015.
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Comal Health ReportComal County health officials were scratching their heads this week over a range of bizarre and unheard of diseases that have struck the area recently.
The Health Department reported at least 27 cases since February of Basquetosis, in which the infected individual inexplicably begins to speak fluently in Basque, feels an insatiable urge to herd sheep and makes very vocal demands for an end to Spaniard control.
The best we can ascertain, is that the disease is spread from licking people of Basque descent, on health official said. Which means there are people out there running around, licking Basques. I dont know why.
Another disease, Blaineoccocus, gives people magical powers. While many might think magical abilities are desirable, those powers only extend to card tricks.
Blaineoccocus has infected hundreds thus far this year, leaving the New Braunfels downtown area teeming with infected people who are accosting visitors to pick a card. The disease is highly infectious and spread through touching cards. There is no cure.
One of the biggest and growing concerns for health officials is the reappearance of Mad Opa/Oma Disease, or MOD. Related to rabies, MOD takes hold of the speech part of the brain and forces the infected person to slip into raving diatribes about minorities, young people and technology.
MOD is spread through the bite from an infected person. An early warning sign that someone may have MOD is the sudden appearance of deep-set scowl lines. This is followed by the person blurting out such phrases as Going to hell in a hand basket, In my day and Those damn... These phrases are often followed by a racial, religious, age or political epithet.
The situation is bad and spreading, the health official said. The best way to avoid being bitten is to get the infected person talking about their feet or bowels. Then, while theyre distracted, run away.
Also, according the latest statistics, the number of cases of Chlamydia in Comal County has grown to more that 600,000 thus far in 2015.
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Our Championship YearThis week in Austin, 20 high school baseball teams, from 2A to 6A, are competing for state championships at the University of Texas UFCU Disch-Falk Field. While none of the areas teams made it that far this season (the closest school geographically to reach the State Tournament is Georgetown), Im reminded of the last time one did: the 2006 New Braunfels Unicorns.
New Braunfels, Canyon and Smithson Valley High School each have solid baseball programs featuring next level talent from one year to the next, with players either signing their letters of intent to play collegiately or drafted by Major League Baseball franchises (such as Canyons Tyler Ogle, now in the Dodgers organization, or Smithson Valleys Cole McKay, who recently announced hes going to forgo the majors for now in order to play college baseball at national powerhouse LSU). However, Texas is a baseball-rich state (which is true for most sports except hockey) and most years, the areas best just hasnt been quite good enough to run the gauntlet that is the UIL High School Baseball post-season with the exception of one, magical season.
Nine years ago, New Braunfels baseball team was so dominant in the regular season (24-5), that the Unicorns earned a bye in the first round of the playoffs. In the post-season, New Braunfels was even better: a two-game sweep of Pflugerville Connally and single game playoff wins over Austin McCallum, Gregory Portland and Corpus Christi Calallen in the Region Finals. The Unicorns outscored those opponents 38-8 in earning their berth in the State Tournament where they would first play Houston Channelview, and later Ft. Worth Arlington Heights.
In the State Semifinals, New Braunfels took advantage of four errors by Houston Channelview in a 5-3 win to advance to the State Championship Game against Arlington Heights at UTs Disch-Falk Field - a field previously taken by players such as Roger Clemens, Burt Hooton, Brooks Kieschnick, Huston Street and Greg Swindell. Now it would be taken by players named Cody
Miller, Caleb Curtis, Jordan Herring and Clayton Mott (more on him in a moment).
Arlington Heights, which had scored 66 runs in its nine playoff games and had won 37 of the 40 games it played that season, was no match for New Braunfels that day, in particular Unicorn starting pitcher Kyle Richey. Richey, who was the follow-up act to Jeremy Erben who picked up his 15th win of the season the day before against Channelview, threw a complete game four-hitter against that Yellow Jacket line-up.
Just as impressive was the defense behind him. With New Braunfels clinging to a 3-1 lead in the fifth, Arlington Heights had its window of opportunity: a runner on base with slugger Nathan Livingston at the plate. Livingston hits a ball that in most ballparks is a home run but in the spacious Disch-Falk, which has a center field fence 410 feet from home plate, the ball is playable for Mott. A head first dive towards the warning track, Mott reaches his gloved-left hand out and makes the biggest catch in New Braunfels High School baseball history. A catch that not only ended that scoring threat for Arlington Heights, but also made ESPNs Baseball Tonights Web Gems.
A few outs later, New Braunfels had its first (and only) baseball state title. The baseball careers for most of those players are long gone (most notable post NBHS career was that of Erben who pitched for Oklahoma and four seasons in the Diamondbacks organization) and the coach of that team, Doug Edwards, manned the Unicorn dugout for the final last month, announcing his retirement at seasons end.
There wont be any gold medals or SportsCenter-worthy moments this week in Austin, but nine years ago there were, given to us by a New Braunfels team that will never be forgotten. Fitting that it was Unicorns that gave us that magical moment.
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Dear Mexican: Why are lowrider artists obsessed with surly clowns? Went to an exhibition of the art of Mr. Cartoon, in Venice Beach years ago, and the clowns in his art were downright disturbing. Ive seen these nasty clowns on T-shirts and a bunch of other places too. Whats up with that? Did the whole culture have a nasty experience at the circus?
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Dear Gabacho: Im answering this pregunta not just because its a good one, but to teach all the gentle readers the value of patience. Gentle readers: this question was sent on the first week of Ask a Mexican!s existence, which is now over 10 years ago. Im finalmente getting to it because its about pinche time, you know? So you, too, will get your question you sent hace seven years answered eventually.
For this one, Cirque Du So Low, its muy simple: Mexicans like payasos, period. From Cepilln to Javier Sols legendary song Payaso to The Tears of a Clown by Smokey Robinson and the Miracles to the classic cholo tattoo and mantra, Smile Now, Cry Later (itself a callback to the legendary oldies-but-goodie song of the same tame by Sunny & the Sunliners) to that assassin dressed as a clown who strolled into a narcos party last year in Baja California, shot him dead, and escaped, Mexicans are clown-crazy. Gabachos might find them creepy, but we love these eternal tricksters because theyre representations of our id, and a reflection of the importance we play on humor no matter how dour our reality.
I can also cite Nobel Prize laureate Octavio Pazs essay on masks, and how clowns are a metaphor for Mexicans, but Paz hated pochos, so #### him.
Dear Mexican: I read just the other day that demographers are predicting that there will be more Mexicans than anybody else in California in 20 years just from birth rate alone. Un tipo como tu tiene que tener some brujo in him, so use your skills, ese, and tell us what you see in the future. Will California be like
Whittier? Or will it resemble Rosarito, with all the gabachos crowded into condos near the beach?
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Dear Badass Big-Bellied Man of the Inland Empire: 20 aos? Try last year, when Latinos surpassed gabachos to become the most-populous group in the Golden State. Given a 2011 demographic profile by the Pew Research Center put Mexicans as 83 percent of Californias Latino community, paisas and pochos should outnumber everyone within the end of this decade.
So what does the future hold? Youre reading it: a child of Mexican immigrants who works a white-collar job and whose nieces and sobrinos will no doubt have names like Brittney and Brad. Sorry to break it to Know Nothings, but the Reconquista will be the most anticlimactic event since the release of Chinese Democracy.
Dear Mexican: In the newspaper today, there was a picture of a Mexican in Mexico grinning next to a sign that said Turista GO HOME! Are Mexicans getting so rich off money siphoning through their illegal invaders they no longer need the LEGAL stream of wealth from tourists? And if so, why cant they spell-check their signs first. Would a sign-campaign also help the illegals here get the message that THEY are unwelcome? Or should we just count ourselves lucky that the arrogant foreigners are using signs instead of rape or guns to make their point, in a nation with such a low literacy rate?
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Dear Gabacho: The sign was spelled correctly; the tourist just happened to use Spanglish, a language created to piss off pendejos into flights of pendejismo. Gracias for dejando Spanglish do its trabajo!
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Escape to New YorkI teach. Thats what I do, and because of it, I have the summers free. Dont ever let your teacher friends tell you they do it because they love the kids (that always sounded a little creepy to me) or because they want to give something back. We do it for the summers or at least I do.
This year, my step-father and mother have planned a trip to Minnesota and South Dakota and have graciously invited me along. They packed up the truck and the Coachmen trailer, and I packed up a suitcase and the dog. The plan is to camp our way to the Midwest, Do some visiting (perhaps a little fishing), and camp our way back camping across the country. Being as its two senior citizens and a tag-a-long homebody whos already worried about missing this season of Game of Thrones and how exactly hes going to harvest his crops on Farmville, its more likely to be kvetching across the country, but whatever.
ThoughtsIve decided to adopt the woodchuck as my spirit animal. I saw one in my backyard before the trip began and was intrigued by its unlikely physique. For those who dont know, a woodchuck is essentially a prairie dog with a long, thick tail and a glandular condition that causes it to grow to both twice the height and width of your typical prairie dog. They have a tendency to stand on their haunches like prairie dogs, and they, too, are burrowing creatures, but what struck me most was the fact that the woodchuck is one of natures naturally chubby creatures just like me and, because he now has his PhD[og] in begging, my dog, Nickel.
Before you bother to ask how much wood a woodchuck can chuck, I should point out that a better question would be Why did the woodchuck try to cross the road? The first woodchuck I saw on this trip was galloping furiously, trying to force its pudgy body forward before we crushed it somewhere outside of Rutland, VT. Since then, a good number of the woodchucks that Ive seen have been somewhat thinner (flatter at least) and in the middle of the road. Thus far the odds of a woodchuck making it across the road stand at three-to-two against.
Im a city boy. I dont live in the city any more, but as many of my neighbors would be happy to remind me, the citys still there, right under the surface. My particular circumstance of being an urban dweller in a decidedly rural setting often affords me certain insights I think others might miss, though.
Not surprisingly, on this trip, my thoughts have turned to nature, and as I travel across Vermont from East to West, it occurs to me that those who suggest that we are losing our unspoiled natural spaces in this country dont know what theyre talking about. They certainly havent ever seen Vermont. Vermont is so natural that just looking at it for too long can make you itch, and its got hundreds of thousands of acres of woodlands that could use a little spoiling, if you ask me.
Its early May now, the trees arent even fully leafed-out yet, and already its nearly impossible to see any great distance into the woods from the road. Mind you, this is actually an aftereffect of human presence. Vermont was, at one time or another, almost entirely deforested, and land that is clear-cut tends to regrow much more liberally. What was at one point spacious hardwood forest becomes scrub growth of softwoods and undergrowth because sunlight is now available. If it is not recut (or better yet, managed) this appearance will continue for a generation or two before trees of some size are able to block out the undergrowth. Still, this land has been for the most part left alone and from the looks of it will continue to be. No one is building a parking lot out here (paradise or not) because no one actually lives out here.
Its also worth pointing out that nature, left to its own devices, can create an eyesore just as aesthetically displeasing as anything Picasso ever came up with. Beavers are particularly good at this in Vermont. As I drive down the road, I see acres and acres of recently created marsh created by beavers. Dead trees sprout ghastily out of the standing water, leafless and slowly rotting. This sort of habitat is great for some animals, but its worth remembering that it forces others out, and its no more natural than skyscrapers on the island of Manhattan. Farmers used to solve this problem by blowing up the damn dams (and likely shooting the varmints when they got the chance) to ensure
that the farmland they had claimed from the forest wasnt flooded, but the small farmer has been regulated out of business for the most part, and neither varmint shooting nor wetlands reclamation are looked on with much favor these days, but thats a topic for another time.
Id also like to disabuse anyone who still holds it of the notion that nature is somehow peaceful, serene, or has symmetry. I have lived in the city, and I have lived in the country, and I done a good deal of camping and traveling through the wilds; the wilds are the noisiest by far. Give me a good old-fashioned drive-by as opposed to a spring morning while camping; at least you might sleep though the shooting. In nature all manner of creatures are constantly assaulting your senses with warnings that you or something else is too close, calls to find a mate that make you wonder if youve wandered into some sort of woodland disco, and stenches to overpower your olfactory tolerances. Likewise, any symmetry you might find is inevitably disrupted by an outlier. In our world the nail that sticks up gets hammered down, but thats not the case in nature. The tree towering above the others is winning, and if that plant seems out of place where it is, it probably is and has designs on taking over the entire area.
Entering upstate New York doesnt change much either bigger state, same landscape. In fact, upstate New York could easily be Vermont. Its a little flatter, and as a result, the farms are a little bigger, but the flora and fauna are roughly the same. Even the economic destruction of the small, rural towns (that goes unnoticed by urbanites who help to cause it) is the same as it is in Vermont, perhaps a little worse.
Our first campsite is Glimmerglass State Park, and its lovely (something that the State does surprisingly well BTW). It is clearly maintained, though. A necessity if you are going to have people interact with nature with any level of comfort.
Ill go now to walk the dog and microwave some supper (I did tell you I was a city-boy), but Ill send some pictures to Mike to post at Facebook.com/txcitizen.
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